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1 original ground surface
true plane surface — ровная поверхность; гладкая поверхность
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > original ground surface
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2 original ground surface
Англо русский политехнический словарь > original ground surface
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3 original ground surface
первоначальная поверхность земли; первоначальная поверхность грунта (до взрыва)English-Russian small dictionary of medicine > original ground surface
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4 displacement of original ground surface
смещение первоначальной поверхности грунта; смещение поверхности грунта (после взрыва)English-Russian small dictionary of medicine > displacement of original ground surface
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1. n земля, поверхность землиon firm ground — на суше, на твёрдой земле
2. n почва, земля, грунтcontaminated ground — радиоактивно заражённый грунт, радиоактивно заражённая местность
to open ground — подготавливать почву, начинать действовать
3. n дно моря4. n горн. подошва выработки5. n участок земли6. n сад, парк, участок земли вокруг дома7. n площадка; спортивная площадкаteeing ground — часть площадки, на которой находится метка
recreation ground — площадка для игр; спортплощадка
8. n полигон; аэродром; плацfiring ground — полигон, стрельбище
9. n территория10. n местность, область, район11. n высота12. n фон; грунт, грунтовка13. n офортный лак14. n жив. план15. n основание, причина, мотивthere are still grounds for hope — всё ещё можно надеяться;
on personal grounds — по личным мотивам, из личных соображений
on what ground? — на каком основании?, по какой причине?
16. n предмет, темаdebatable ground — спорная тема; предмет спора
common ground — вопрос, в котором спорящие стороны сходятся
delicate ground — щекотливая тема; щекотливый вопрос, щекотливая ситуация
17. n l18. n осадок, гуща, подонки19. n редк. остатки пищи20. n уст. фундамент21. n уст. основной принцип22. n уст. зачатки, основы23. n уст. основная, основополагающая часть24. n уст. охот. нора25. n уст. текст. основаon the ground of — на основании; на основе; по причине; исходя из соображения
26. n уст. муз. граунд, остинатный басbelow ground — умерший, скончавшийся; в земле, в могиле
to fall to the ground — рушиться; оказаться бесплодным
into the ground — до последней степени; перейдя все границы
27. a наземный28. a держащийся низко над землёйlow-lying ground — низкая местность, низина
29. a аэродромный30. v сесть на мельground bus — земляная шина; шина заземления
31. v посадить на мель32. v мор. заставить выброситься на берег или приткнуться к берегуcommon ground! — согласен!; я тоже так думаю!
33. v ав. приземляться34. v ав. заставить приземлиться35. v ав. препятствовать отрыву от землиthe planes were grounded by the fog, the fog grounded the planes — из-за тумана самолёты не могли подняться в воздух
36. v ав. класть, опускать на землюto ground arms — складывать оружие, сдаваться
37. v ав. опускаться на землю38. v ав. основывать, обосновывать39. v ав. обучать основам40. v ав. эл. заземлять41. v ав. спец. грунтовать42. v ав. мездрить43. v ав. стр. положить основаниеreasonable ground — достаточное, разумное основание
on the ground that — на том основании; что
on that ground … — на том основании, что …
44. v ав. отстранять от полётов; отчислять из лётного состава45. v ав. лишать водительских прав; не разрешать водить автомобиль46. v ав. отчислять из флота47. v ав. не разрешать вылет; не разрешать старт48. a молотый, толчёный, измельчённый49. a матовый, матированныйСинонимический ряд:1. base (noun) account; base; basement; basis; bed; bedrock; bottom; cause; factor; foot; footing; foundation; groundwork; hardpan; infrastructure; motivation; motive; premise; rest; root; seat; seating; substratum; substruction; substructure; underpinning; understructure2. land (noun) dirt; dry land; earth; land; loam; mold; mould; soil; terra firma3. reason (noun) argument; proof; reason; wherefore; why; whyfor4. base (verb) base; bottom; build; establish; fix; found; predicate; rest; root in; seat; set; settle; stay5. crunched (verb) crunched; gnashed6. fell (verb) bowl down; bowl over; bring down; cut down; deck; down; drop; fell; flatten; floor; knock down; knock over; lay low; level; mow down; prostrate; throw; throw down; tumble7. ground (verb) bone up; crammed; ground8. instruct (verb) educate; indoctrinate; instruct; train9. milled (verb) crushed; granulated; milled; powdered; pulverised10. slaved (verb) drudged; grubbed; plodded; slaved; slogged; toiledАнтонимический ряд:embellishment; heaven -
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1. грунт; грунтовать, затирать2. первый слой краски3. гравировальный лак4. кислотоупорный слой5. офортный грунт, лак -
7 filled-up ground
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8 flinty ground
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9 flow of ground
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10 gravelly ground
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11 hover ground
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12 muddy ground
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13 rough ground
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14 sandy ground
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15 solid ground
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16 stony ground
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17 pressure
давление; пластовое давление; усилие; напор; напряжение; сжатиеpressure above the atmospheric — давление выше атмосферного; манометрическое [избыточное] давление, сверхдавление
pressure applied at the surface — давление, создаваемое на устье скважины
pressure at the economic level — давление, определяемое экономичностью разработки
pressure on the bit — давление на долото, нагрузка на долото
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давление; пластовое давление
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1) давление2) интенсивная эксплуатация, переэксплуатация ( природных ресурсов) скважины•pressure applied at surface — давление, создаваемое на устье скважины;
pressure at economic level — давление, определяемое экономичностью обработки;
pressure at well bore — забойное давление;
pressure in place — давление в залежи;
pressure in reservoir — давление в залежи;
pressure on bit — давление на долото, нагрузка на долото;
pressure on intake side of pump — давление на входе в насос;
pressure per diamond — удельное давление на один алмаз;
to keep up pressure — поддерживать давление;
to maintain pressure — поддерживать давление;
to offset formation pressure — создавать противодавление на пласт;
- abandonment pressureto pressure up — проверять плотность соединений перед кислотной обработкой; опрессовывать
- abnormal formation pressure
- abnormal gas pressure
- abnormal pore pressure
- abnormal reservoir pressure
- abnormal rock pressure
- abnormal well pressure
- abnormally high pressure
- above bubble point pressure
- absolute formation pressure
- absolute reservoir pressure
- absolute wellhead pressure
- annular friction pressure
- annulus pressure
- anomalously high pore pressure
- applied pressure
- areal average pressure
- atmospheric pressure
- available pressure
- average flowing pressure
- average reservoir pressure
- average unit pressure
- back pressure
- barometric pressure
- bit pressure
- boost pressure
- borehole pressure
- bottom-loading pressure
- bottomhole pressure
- bottomhole circulating pressure
- bottomhole differential pressure
- bottomhole flowing pressure
- bottomhole shut-in pressure
- breakdown pressure
- bubble-point pressure
- bubble-point pressure of reservoir oil
- bursting pressure
- casing pressure
- casing-burst pressure
- casing-head pressure
- charging pressure
- chip hold-down pressure
- circulating pressure
- circulating fluid pressure
- circulation pressure
- closed pressure
- closed-in pressure
- closed-in bottomhole pressure
- collapse pressure
- collapsing pressure
- compression pressure
- compressor discharge pressure
- compressor outlet pressure
- contact pressure
- critical pressure
- current pressure
- delivery pressure
- detonation pressure
- diamond pressure
- differential pressure
- discharge pressure
- discharge pressure at pump
- discharge line pressure
- displacement pressure
- down pressure
- drilling pressure
- drilling agent pressure
- drilling bit-nozzle pressure
- drilling mud pressure
- drilling mud bottomhole pressure
- drilling mud column pressure
- drilling mud head pressure
- driving pressure
- edge water pressure
- effective pressure
- equilibrium formation pressure
- equilibrium reservoir pressure
- excess pressure
- explosion pressure
- external boundary pressure
- feed pressure
- field pressure
- final bottomhole pressure
- final flowing pressure
- final formation pressure
- final hydrostatic pressure
- final hydrostatic drilling mud pressure
- final inflow pressure
- final reservoir pressure
- final residual reservoir pressure
- final shut-in pressure
- final shut-in bottomhole pressure
- final squeeze cementing pressure
- final tubing pressure
- flooding pressure
- flow pressure
- flow line pressure
- flowing pressure
- flowing bottomhole pressure
- flowing casing pressure
- flowing reservoir pressure
- flowing surface pressure
- flowing tubing pressure
- flowing tubing head pressure
- flowing wellhead pressure
- flowing wellhead annulus pressure
- fluid pressure
- fluid-displacement pressure
- formation pressure
- formation breakdown pressure
- formation fracture pressure
- forward pressure
- fractional pressure
- fracture pressure
- fracture opening pressure
- fracture widening pressure
- fracturing pressure
- full well pressure
- gage pressure
- gas pressure
- gas cap pressure
- gas inrush pressure
- gas pipeline pressure
- gas reservoir pressure
- gaslift differential pressure
- geostatic pressure
- ground pressure
- high pressure
- hydraulic pressure
- hydraulic fracturing pressure
- hydrofracturing pressure
- hydrostatic pressure
- hydrostatic bottomhole pressure
- hydrostatic kill pressure
- inflation pressure
- initial bottomhole pressure
- initial closed-in bottomhole pressure
- initial flowing pressure
- initial flowing wellhead pressure
- initial formation pressure
- initial hydrofracturing pressure
- initial hydrostatic drilling mud pressure
- initial inflow pressure
- initial reservoir pressure
- initial shut-in pressure
- initial shut-in bottomhole pressure
- initial vapor pressure
- injection pressure
- injection gas pressure at surface
- inlet pressure
- instantaneous shut-in pressure
- intake pressure
- intake well head pressure
- interstitial fluid pressure
- jack pressure
- jacking pressure
- kickoff pressure
- lateral pressure
- leak-off pressure
- line pressure
- liquid pressure
- live pressure
- log-derived pore pressure
- low pressure
- low-frequency pressure
- low-injection pressure
- manifold pressure
- maximum allowable pressure
- maximum allowable casing pressure
- maximum allowable surface pressure
- maximum allowable working pressure
- maximum flowing pressure
- maximum initial field pressure
- maximum initial reservoir pressure
- maximum surface pressure
- maximum top pressure
- maximum tubing pressure
- maximum wellhead pressure
- mean reservoir pressure
- medium pressure
- middle pressure
- mixing pressure
- mud pump pressure
- mud pump shock pressure
- negative pressure
- normal pressure
- normal pore pressure
- nozzle pressure
- oil pressure
- oil column pressure
- oil displacement pressure
- oil vapor pressure
- omnidirectional pressure
- open-flow pressure
- open-hole pressure
- original average reservoir pressure
- original bubble-point pressure
- original reservoir pressure
- original reservoir gas pressure
- oscillatory pressure
- outlet pressure
- overburden pressure
- pipe collapsing pressure
- pipeline pressure
- pipeline admission pressure
- piping pressure
- pore pressure
- pore fluid pressure
- priming pressure
- producing pressure
- producing bottomhole pressure
- propping pressure
- pump pressure
- pump discharge pressure
- pump inlet pressure
- pump intake pressure
- pump-in pressure
- pumping-out pressure
- Reid vapor pressure
- relief pressure
- replacement pressure
- reservoir pressure
- reservoir pressure as of date of appraisal
- reservoir pressure reduced to a plane
- reservoir back pressure
- return pressure
- rock pressure
- roof pressure
- sampling pressure
- sand pressure
- sand-face injection pressure
- saturation pressure
- saturation pressure of reservoir fluid
- seam pressure
- separation pressure
- separator pressure
- shut-in pressure
- shut-in bottomhole pressure
- shut-in casing pressure
- shut-in drill pipe pressure
- shut-in formation pressure
- shut-in reservoir pressure
- shut-in tubing pressure
- shut-in wellhead pressure
- shut-in wellhead annulus pressure
- side pressure
- slush pump pressure
- squeeze pressure
- standard pressure
- standpipe pressure
- static pressure
- static bottomhole pressure
- static reservoir pressure
- static wellhead annulus pressure
- steady-state reservoir pressure
- stone pressure
- stream pressure
- subsurface pressure
- suction pressure
- suction end pressure
- surface pressure
- surface mud pressure
- surface squeeze pressure
- surplus pressure
- terminal pressure
- terminal pipeline pressure
- test pressure
- top-hole pressure
- top-hole flow pressure
- top-hole gaslift pressure
- total pressure
- total bit pressure
- total critical pressure
- tubing pressure
- unbalanced pressure
- underground pressure
- undisturbed formation pressure
- unit pressure
- unit ground pressure
- unsteady-state reservoir pressure
- uplift pressure
- uplift pressure on bottom
- velocity pressure
- virgin pressure
- virgin formation pressure
- water pressure
- water hammer pressure
- water inrush pressure
- weighted average reservoir pressure
- well pressure
- well flowing pressure
- wellbore pressure
- wellhead pressure
- wellhead annulus casing pressure
- wellhead back pressure
- wellhead flowing pressure
- wind pressure
- working pressure* * *• усилиеАнгло-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > pressure
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организационная единица; боевая единица (напр. корабль, ЛА танк); подразделение; часть; соединение; расчетно-снабженческая единица; секция; орган; элемент; комплект; агрегат; установка; см. тж. elementbulk petrol (transport) unit — Бр. часть [подразделение] подвоза наливного (бестарного) горючего
counter C3 unit — часть [подразделение] подавления системы оперативного управления и связи
Fleet Marine (Corps) reconnaissance unit — разведывательное подразделение [часть] флотских сил МП
multisensor (AA) firing unit 3PK — с приборным комплексом из нескольких систем обнаружения и сопровождения
photo (graphic) reconnaissance unit — фоторазведывательная часть [подразделение]
surface-launched unit, fuel air explosive — установка дистанционного разминирования объемным взрывом
surface-launched unit, mine — установка дистанционного минирования
tactical (air) control unit — часть [подразделение] управления ТА
war (time) strength (TOE) unit — часть, укомплектованная по штатам военного времени
— air unit— ASA unit— BM unit— border operation unit— car unit— depot support unit— dry unit— EW unit— GM unit— host country unit— HQ unit— logistics support unit— manpack radio unit— marksmanship training unit— mechanized infantry unit— missile-armed unit— nuclear weapon unit— provisional unit— QM unit— Rangers unit— supported unit— TOE unit— transportation unit— truck transport unit— van unit— wet unit* * *1) часть; 2) единица -
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1) участок, район, площадь, зона, территория; ареал2) площадка; внутренний двор•served by crane area — площадь, обслуживаемая краном
- area of base - area of bearing - area of building - area of explosion - area of force - area of grate - area of harmfulness - area of heavy use of water - area of indentation - area of influence - area of influence line - area of moments - area of passage - area of pile head - area of reinforcement - area of section - area of steel - area of structure - area of the supposed construction - area of water section - area of well influence - abandoned area - active drainage area - administrative area - analysis area - ancillary area - assembly area - auxiliary area - backward area - bearing area - bending moments area - blighted area - blind area - blind drainage area - bond area - building area - built-on area - built-up area - catchment area - children's play area - clearance area - closed drainaged area - collecting area - common area - compression area - concrete area - congested area - conservation area - constructional area - contact area - control area - cross-section area - cross-sectional area - dead area - decontamination area - deficit area - densely populated area - depressed area - development area - diffusion area - dormitory area - drain area - drainage area - drainless area - drinking water protective area - dry area - dumping area - ecological risk area - effective area of concrete - emitting area - erection area - exit area - filter area - filtration area - floor area - flow area - flues area - gross area - gross residential area - gross site area - ground area of dwelling structures - housing area - improvement area - industrial area - infiltrating area - influence area - inlet area - intake area - interstream area - irrigated area - living area - living area per capita - loaded area - marginal reception area - market area - metropolitan area - moment area - natural drainage area - neglected area - neighbourhood area - net area - net floor area - net residential area - non-attainment area - non-contributing area - non-permit area - parking area - parking area per vehicle - play area - poor reception area - protected area - public area - punching shear area - rain area - recharge area - recreation area - reduced area - reference area - reinforcing steel area - rentable area - reserved area - residential area - sampling area - sectional area - sectorial area - seepage area of well - seismicity of the area - service area - setting area - settlement area - shear area - shopping area - spoil area - steel area - surface area - total area - turnaround area - unbuilt area - underprivilege area - unit area - unit surface area - urban area - urbanised area - usable floor area - waste area - water-collecting area - water-producing area - water quality problem area - water-shed area - water-surface area - wilderness areato hand the area over to — передать участок (напр. в распоряжение подрядчика)
* * *1. площадь (помещения, поверхности, фигуры и т. п.)2. площадка3. внутренний двор4. пространство, зона5. приямок (напр. у окна подвального этажа)area under control — ж.-д. стрелочная зона
- area of bending moment diagramarea under the load-deformation curve — площадь, ограниченная (участком) кривой нагрузка — деформация
- area of contact
- areas of cut and fill
- area of economic influence
- area of flues
- area of influence
- area of load distribution
- area of loading
- area of operation
- area of planting
- area of pressure
- area of reinforcing steel
- area of steel
- area of water supply
- area of waterway
- area of well influence
- accommodation area
- acting area
- active drainage area
- actual area
- aerodrome movement area
- airport construction area
- approach area
- architectural area
- assisted area
- backwater area
- baggage break-down area
- basic floor area
- bearing area
- bearing area of a foundation
- blast area
- blighted area
- blight area
- blind area
- bond area
- building area
- build-up area
- catchment area
- clearance area
- comprehensive development area
- concreting area
- congested area
- conservation area
- construction area
- contact area
- core area
- critical runway area
- cross-sectional area
- dangerous area
- daylight area
- dead-leg area
- depressed area
- designated area
- designated development area
- developed area
- development area
- differential area
- diffusion area
- diked area
- discharge area
- disposal area
- distressed area
- downtown area
- drainage area
- dry area
- earthquake area
- effective area of an orifice
- effective area of concrete
- effective area of reinforcement
- environmental area
- extension area
- face area
- filter area
- fire area
- flooded area
- floor area
- flow area
- free area
- fringe area
- gross area
- gross floor area
- gross leasable area
- gross retail area
- hangar area
- hard-to-reach area
- heat transfer area
- honeycombed area
- improvement area
- industrial area
- infiltration area
- influence area
- intermediate area
- interstream area
- kern area
- landing area
- lateral area
- leveed area
- light ventilation area
- loaded area
- manufacturing area
- metropolitan area
- moment area
- net cross-sectional area
- net room area
- net sale area
- net site area
- net structural area
- nominal area
- nominal body area
- off-limits area
- off-street area
- off-street parking area
- open air exhibit area
- open storage area
- original cross-sectional area
- outlining area
- parking area
- passage area
- pile surface unit area
- plan area
- preferential urbanization area
- priority development area
- processing area
- profile area
- protected area
- protected built-up area
- public transportation area
- radiation restricted area
- receiving area
- recreational area
- redevelopment area
- reserved area
- residential area
- rest area
- restrict area
- restricted area
- room area
- runway safety area
- scenic area
- seasonally frozen area
- sectional area
- service area
- serviced area
- shearing area
- shooting area
- shopping area
- shopping core area
- slum area
- slum clearance area
- small area
- small built-up area
- soil area
- sports area
- staging area
- standard metropolitan statistical area
- storage area
- surface area
- swamp area
- take-off and landing area
- terminal control area
- tight work area
- total area of reinforcement
- touchdown area
- traffic movement area
- transportation area
- unbuilt area
- undershoot area
- undeveloped area
- unreachable area
- urban area
- usable floor area
- valve area
- warehouse area
- water protection area
- water supply area
- wetted area
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1) профиль || профилировать2) контур; очертание4) шаблон || обрабатывать по шаблону6) метал. производить фасонную обработку8) идти, следуя профилю волны ( о СПК)•-
actual profile
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aeromagnetic profile
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apparent resistivity profile
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assigned profile
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backwater profile
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blade profile
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body profile
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Bouger gravity profile
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broadside profile
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cab low profile
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cam profile
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carrier-trapping profile
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concave tooth profile
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concentration depth profile
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concentration profile
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constant velocity profile
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convergent-divergent profile
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convex tooth profile
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cross profile
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dagger profile
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deep profile
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depth profile
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depth-sounding profile
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die profile
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diffusion profile
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dopant profile
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electromagnetic profile
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end-on profile
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equivalent surface profile
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etch profile
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explosion profile
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fan profile
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final required profile
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fixed-transmitter profile
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flat velocity profile
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flight path profile
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flood profile
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floor profile
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free-air gravity profile
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geologic profile
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geomagnetic profile
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graded-index profile
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gravity profile
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ground profile
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haul profile
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horizontal-loop profile
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impurity concentration profile
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inboard profile
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index profile
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injection profile
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in-line profile
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intended profile
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interlocked profiles
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intricate profile
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lithological well profile
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load profile
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logging profile
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longitudinal profile
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magnetotelluric profile
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melting profile
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multifrequency profile
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multipath profile
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nappe-shaped profile
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nominal profile
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normal tooth rake profile
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offshore profile
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operational profile
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original profile
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outboard profile
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out-of-roundness profile
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parallel roll profile
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parallel-line profile
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part profile
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path profile
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physical profile
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pipeline route profile
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polygon profile
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potential profile
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pressure profile
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profile of slope
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profile of water wave
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program profile
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radiation damage profile
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radiometric profile
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rail profile
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railhead profile
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reconnaissance profile
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reference profile
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reflection profile
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refraction profile
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regional profile
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resistivity expansion profile
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reversed profile
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river-bed profile
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roadway profile
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roll profile
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roof profile
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salinity profile
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scimitar profile
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sea profile
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seismic profile
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self-potential profile
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skew-back profile
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slat profile
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soil profile
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spillway profile
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step-index profile
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stored limit profile
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subsidence profile
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subsurface electrical profile
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surface profile
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survey profile
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telluric profile
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temperature profile
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terminal profiles
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thermal profile
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three-dimensional profile
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tire profile
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tongue profile
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tooth profile
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track profile
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two-dimensional profile
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undercut profile
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user profiles
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velocity profile
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vertical resistivity profile
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vertical seismic profile
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vertical-loop profile
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water-surface profile
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well profile
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wheel profile
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wide profile
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worn profile
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